> 3) Simply do an animation preview while in OpenGL mode and > the wireframe renders over the now crisp background .
Nope : Sorry , spoke too soon . Even at 1 frame per second the openGL did not update 100% as needed . Around half the time the video background was one frame behind the wireframe at the moment RS3D sent the screen-capture to the encoder . It needs some kind of coding to tell the animation not to advance until the OpenGL finishes it's render for the current frame (I think) . Oh well , excellent learning exercise . studio > > I'm sure it is possible with VSL , to create a material that > > renders wires, or Post-Processes the wireframe . There may even > > be some kind of workaround using the background image instead > > of the camera backdrop , but I can't create it or find any > > solution . > >studio > > OK , here is the workaround . Looks like I may have found > some bugs in the process as well . > > Method first (bugs later) . > > > 1) Create an 'Image Object' using that video that is going > to be used for the View Backdrop (not the Camera Backdrop) . > > 2) Go into 'View Properties' and on the 'Draw' tab select > 'Backdrop image' and choose that newly created image > object . (Turn the 'Weight' up to 1.00) . Increase the > line width for scene objects (at bottom) if desired . > > 3) Simply do an animation preview while in OpenGL mode and > the wireframe renders over the now crisp background . > > Bugs : When you choose an animated 'Backdrop Image' via the hor- > izontal toolbar (when a camera is selected) , then : > > Bug #1) This creates a VSL material that does not know it is an > animated backdrop and will only show the very first frame > by default . The user must check the 'Advanced' box and then > go into this VSL material and manually adjust it so that RS3D > plays the entire animation . > > Bug #2) Then , the BG animation plays , but is very slow > in updating ... too slow to do an OpenGL animation preview . > > Bug #3) On my 3 computers RS3D would not allow me to use Xvid en- > coded video or animation as a backdrop . Divx or uncomp- > ressed etc was fine . > > Have a nice day . > > studio > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 > >
